Best PlacesSan Leon, TX Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around San Leon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
San Leon ranks 31,986th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in San Leon
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
San Leon's strengths and weaknesses
Where San Leon ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 144 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
Where San Leon ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in San Leon
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median San Leon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,144, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses San Leon's effective rate of 1.41%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in San Leon
San Leon's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for San Leon.
Who works in San Leon, and how
Work in San Leon centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in San Leon
San Leon has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of towns. The coast is about 1 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of San Leon and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in San Leon, month by month
San Leon sees roughly 144 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 64, with lows near 51. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64° | 57° | 51° |
| April | 78° | 72° | 67° |
| July | 91° | 85° | 81° |
| October | 83° | 76° | 71° |
Flying in and out of San Leon
William P Hobby sits about 23 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 101 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around San Leon
Schools across San Leon average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Manuel Guajardo Jr ElB · 45% proficient
- Roosevelt-wilson ElC · 35% proficient
- Hughes Road ElC · 34% proficient
Top middle schools
- John And Shamarion Barber MiddleB+ · 49% proficient
- Fry IntD+ · 25% proficient
- Dunbar MiddleD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Dickinson H SB− · 43% proficient
- Texas City H SC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every San Leon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
San Leon measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare San Leon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in San Leon
Is San Leon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, San Leon ranks 31,986th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, transit, and biking, and lowest on disaster risk and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is San Leon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,971. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $83,144 median income, cost of living beats 75% of towns.
Is San Leon safe?
San Leon is safer than 34% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $421 per resident a year.
Compare San Leon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to San Leon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in San Leon represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
San Leon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for San Leon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in San Leon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of San Leon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in San Leon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
San Leon detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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